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Date: 07-10-2018
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District of Kansas Courthouse - Kansas City, Kansas
Case Number: 2:17-cr-20041-CM
Judge: Carlos Murguia
Court: United States District Court for the District of Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: Leon Patton
Defendant's Attorney: Robin Fowler and Tom Bath
Description: Kansas City, KS - Former Kansas CPA Pleads Guilty To Filing False Tax Return
A former Kansas CPA was sentenced on July 9, 2018 to a year and a day in jail and ordered to pay the cost of his imprisonment, which could be an estimated $34,000. In addition, the accountant was ordered to pay $106,055 in restitution for unpaid taxes.
Robert M. Purinton, 70, Fountain Hills, Ariz., pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement on his 2009 tax return by under-reporting his income. He agreed to make restitution for taxes owed in 2990 and 2010. During those years, he was a CPA with an accounting firm in Overland Park.
McAllister commended the Internal Revenue Service.
Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to a year and a day in jail and ordered to pay the cost of his imprisonment, which could be an estimated $34,000.
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